Motivational Quotes

Work

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.

- Mcgoorty, Danny

Best Quotes about Work

Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.

Grotowski, Jerzy

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Edison, Thomas A.

Work is nothing but the slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great images in whose presence [His Or Her] heart first opened.

Camus, Albert

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Carnegie, Andrew

Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Bible

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

Riley, Pat

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Austen, Jane

10.

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

11.

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

Kollwitz, KaThe

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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Hepburn, Katharine

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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

15.

Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

Vaneigem, Raoul

16.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

17.

My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.

Lincoln, Abraham

18.

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

Marden, Orison Swett

19.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

20.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get Up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.

Frost, Robert

21.

The best work never was and never will be done for money.

Ruskin, John

22.

Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

23.

The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original.They are rarely useful.The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.

Block, A Harvey

24.

Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K.

Mcevoy, J. P.

25.

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anymore than they do.

Hubbard, Elbert

26.

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Brodsky, Joseph

27.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Holtz, Lou

28.

The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.

29.

In the sweat of thy brow shall you eat your bread.

Bible

30.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Paterno, Joe

31.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Coolidge, Calvin

32.

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

33.

I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating.

W. Somerset Maugham

34.

Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

35.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Allen, James

36.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.

Lincoln, Abraham

37.

No bees, no honey; no work, no money.

Proverb

38.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Sam Ewing

39.

The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.

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The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and reorganize the information, make deductive and inductive leaps with it, ask hard questions about it, discuss findings with colleagues, work collaboratively to find solutions and then convince others.

Reich, Robert B.

41.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

Gretzky, Wayne

42.

Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.

Galbraith, John Kenneth

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Ruth, Babe

44.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Horace

45.

When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.

Sinise, Gary

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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Butler, Samuel

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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Baldwin, James

48.

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

Slick, Grace

49.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Hill, Napoleon

50.

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

Diane Ackerman